2020 PRO SWIM SERIES – DES MOINES
- March 4-7, 2020
- Des Moines, Iowa
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German Olympian Jacob Heidtmann nearly hit his qualifying time for Tokyo 2020 in a 200 free time trail at the 2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines. Heidtmann, who trains in the U.S. with Team Elite under 2016 U.S. Olympic women’s head coach David Marsh, posted a 1:46.87. He was within hundredths of his lifetime best 1:46.83 from the 2018 European Championships.
That’s a little over a tenth shy of the individual German Olympic Qualifying Standard, which is set at a 1:46.70. To qualify for Tokyo, German swimmers have to achieve the qualifying time between January 1st of this year and the German Championships that will be held in Berlin from April 30th-May 3rd.
GERMAN 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIMES:
| WOMEN | MEN | |||
| OQT/A | DSV Olympic Standard | 400m freestyle | DSV Olympic Standard | OQT/A |
| 0: 24.77 | 0: 24.75 | 50m freestyle | 0: 21.95 | 0: 22.01 |
| 0: 54.38 | 0: 54.10 | 100m freestyle | 0: 48.50 | 0: 48.57 |
| 1: 57.28 | 1: 57.20 | 200m freestyle | 1: 46.70 | 1: 47.02 |
| 4: 07.90 | 4: 07,50 | 400m freestyle | 3: 46,40 | 3: 46.78 |
| 8: 33.36 | 8: 30,00 | 800m freestyle | 7: 50,30 | 7: 54.31 |
| 16: 32.04 | 16: 16.00 | 1500m freestyle | 14: 59.00 | 15: 00.99 |
| 1: 07.07 | 1: 07.00 | 100m breast | 0: 59.80 | 0: 59.93 |
| 2: 25.52 | 2: 24.90 | 200m breast | 2: 09.90 | 2: 10.35 |
| 1: 00.25 | 1: 00.00 | 100m back | 0: 53.70 | 0: 53.85 |
| 2: 10.39 | 2: 09.50 | 200m back | 1: 57.00 | 1: 57.50 |
| 0: 57.92 | 0: 57.90 | 100m butterfly | 0: 51.80 | 0: 51.96 |
| 2: 08.43 | 2: 08.20 | 200m butterfly | 1: 56.30 | 1: 56.48 |
| 2: 12.56 | 2: 11.90 | 200m IM | 1: 59.40 | 1: 59.67 |
| 4: 38.53 | 4: 38.40 | 400m IM | 4: 15.00 | 4: 15.84 |
Heidtmann competed in the Rio Olympics for Germany, where he swam the 400 IM and 4×200 free relay. He’s the German National Record holder in the 400 IM, as he set the mark at the 2015 World Championships. Heidtmann was also a part of the German mixed 4×200 free relay that set a National Record at the 2018 European Championships.
Marco Koch was the first German to qualify for Tokyo. He qualified in the 200 breast back in January.
Wonder if he’ll go 1:42.00 in a year, too.
He has to hit 1:46.7 to qualify individually. The slower times are for swimmers that are pre-qualified (Wellbrock in the 1500). Nevertheless a great swim for him.